#72B5ED#72B5ED

#72B5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.106 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B5ED
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(207, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -5.89, -34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 34.95, 260.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0447 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.106 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7439, 42.7365, 86.3116)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B5ED #EDAA72

analogous

#72EDE7 #72B5ED #7278ED

triadic

#72B5ED #ED72B5 #B5ED72

tetradic

#72B5ED #E772ED #EDAA72 #78ED72

square

#72B5ED #E772ED #EDAA72 #78ED72

split-complementary

#72B5ED #ED7278 #EDE772

monochromatic

#1A7ACB #3C99E6 #72B5ED #A8D1F4 #DFEEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72B5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#72B5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B5ED

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B5ED	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BC2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.106 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2cbf3',
    500: '#72b5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b5ed;
$custom-light: #a2cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.317,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75038,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B5ED

secondary

#F0DCCB

accent

#6A0CDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B5ED

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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